NAME

   PDF::Create - create PDF files

 DESCRIPTION

   PDF::Create allows you to create PDF documents using a large
   number of primitives, and emit the result as a PDF file or
   stream. PDF stands for Portable Document Format.

   Documents can have several pages, a table of content, an
   information section and many other PDF elements. More
   functionnalities will be added as needs arise.

   Documents are constructed on the fly so the memory footprint is
   not tied to the size of the pages but only to their number.

   It's main advantage over the other PDF modules is that it does
   not depend on other modules and is perl only (no compiler needed).
   If you want a quick and dirty way of creating pdf's, PDF::Create
   is for you. If you need a complete Framework to create complex
   PDF stuff, you better dive into the PDF::API2 based modules.

   More information about this module is included in this package.

 SYNOPSIS

       use PDF::Create;

       my $pdf = new PDF::Create('filename' => 'mypdf.pdf',
                                 'Version'  => 1.2,
                                 'PageMode' => 'UseOutlines',
                                 'Author'   => 'Fabien Tassin',
                                 'Title'    => 'My title',
                            );
       my $root = $pdf->new_page('MediaBox' => [ 0, 0, 612, 792 ]);

       # Add a page which inherits its attributes from $root
       my $page = $root->new_page;

       # Prepare 2 fonts
       my $f1 = $pdf->font('Subtype'  => 'Type1',
                           'Encoding' => 'WinAnsiEncoding',
                           'BaseFont' => 'Helvetica');
       my $f2 = $pdf->font('Subtype'  => 'Type1',
                           'Encoding' => 'WinAnsiEncoding',
                           'BaseFont' => 'Helvetica-Bold');

       # Prepare a Table of Content
       my $toc = $pdf->new_outline('Title' => 'Document',
                                   'Destination' => $page);
       $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 1');
       my $s2 = $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 2');
       $s2->new_outline('Title' => 'Subsection 1');

       $page->stringc($f2, 40, 306, 426, "PDF::Create");
       $page->stringc($f1, 20, 306, 396, "version $PDF::Create::VERSION");

       # Add another page
       my $page2 = $root->new_page;
       $page2->line(0, 0, 612, 792);
       $page2->line(0, 792, 612, 0);

       $toc->new_outline('Title' => 'Section 3');
       $pdf->new_outline('Title' => 'Summary');

       # Add something to the first page
       $page->stringc($f1, 20, 306, 300,
                      'by Fabien Tassin <[email protected]>');

       # Add the missing PDF objects and a the footer then close the file
       $pdf->close;


 INSTALLATION

   Quick answer:

       perl -MCPAN -e 'install PDF::Create'

   Long answer:

   To install manually, cd to the directory containing the unpacked
   distribution and do one of the following:

   a.  Create a makefile by running Makefile.PL using the perl
       program into whose library you want to install and then run
       make three times:

           perl Makefile.PL
           make
           make test
           make install

   b.  To install into a private library, for example your home
       directory:

           perl Makefile.PL INSTALLSITELIB=$HOME/lib INSTALLMAN3DIR=$HOME/man
           make
           make test
           make pure_install

 AUTHORS

   - Fabien Tassin

   Original Author of PDF::Create

   - Markus Baertschi, [email protected]

   I have taken over maintenence of PDF::Create as Fabien has disappeared
   and did no longer maintain it in the last years.
   The last version of PDF::Create from Fabien is 0.06. All never versions
   have been modified by me.

   I maintain PDF::Create in git. You can access the repository directly
   at http://github.com/markusb/pdf-create.